A Juryman. You say they did not sell any stock but what they had before purchased, do you mean such as they had bought and paid for, or only such as they had contracted for the purchase of, was it actually bought and transferred to them?
Mr. Taddy. That is the very thing I have taken the liberty of suggesting to your Lordship.
Lord Ellenborough. He has before said they had not sold any of which they had not become the proprietors before, so that he is predicating of them that they had purchased this, for they could not otherwise become proprietors.
A Juryman. Is it not a purchase for time altogether, are they not all time bargains both the omnium and the stock?
A. This is one of those questions I cannot answer.
Lord Ellenborough. Gentlemen, he objects to answering the questions as it may criminate him, but the offence charged may have an effect upon the funds, in which not only these individuals are concerned, but every person who has transactions in Stock, the persons belonging to the Court of Chancery, who have to purchase or sell, may be influenced by an improper elevation or depression of the funds, that does not affect the question as to the crime charged upon this record, you will consider Mr. Gurney whether you will persist in the questions, because this man demurs to the answering the questions, being a party in the transaction.
Mr. Gurney. You do decline answering that question?
A. Yes I do.
Mr. Robert Hichens sworn.
Examined by Mr. Gurney.
Q. I believe you are a Stock-Broker?